World’s first terahertz microscope reveals quantum jiggle in electrons
MIT physicists have built a new microscope that can see quantum motion inside superconductors using terahertz light. The…
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award | MIT News
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has won the 2025 BBVA Foundation…
What breaks quantum monogamy? Electron crowding delivers a surprise
Are quantum particles polygamous? New experiments suggest some of them abandon long-standing partnerships when conditions get crowded. Quantum…
Ultrafast light delivers 10x magnetic control for quantum devices
Scientists have uncovered a new way to control magnets using flashes of light lasting less than a trillionth…
Scientists Create New Type of Semiconductor that Holds Superconducting Promise
Insider Brief Scientists have demonstrated superconductivity in heavily gallium-doped germanium, achieving zero resistance at 3.5 Kelvin under controlled…
Leading quantum at an inflection point | MIT News
Danna Freedman is seeking the early adopters. She is the faculty director of the nascent MIT Quantum Initiative,…
Elusive polaron ‘dance’ discovery solves decades-old quantum mystery
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics by discovering an elusive quasiparticle,…
Why some quantum materials stall while others scale | MIT News
People tend to think of quantum materials — whose properties arise from quantum mechanical effects — as exotic…
“Something Extraordinary Was Happening” – Scientists Solve Quantum Metal Mystery
In kagome metals, weak magnets can flip hidden quantum currents, reshaping how electricity flows. Researchers now finally understand…
Scientists Unlock New Way To Control Exotic Light Waves in 2D Materials
Illustrative scenario of propagation of DPP, at Terahertz frequencies, induced by the tip of a s-SNOM microscope in…
Scientists Discover a “Giant” New Twist on a 140-Year-Old Effect
For the first time, researchers have uncovered a giant anomalous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, rewriting established…
UCLA Engineers Build Room-Temperature Quantum-Inspired Computer
Scientists have built a physics-inspired computing system that uses oscillators, rather than digital processing, to solve complex optimization…